Army Removes Social Security Numbers from Dog Tags

Week of December 14, 2015

Military.com

U.S. Army dog tags will no longer include soldiers' Social Security numbers, the Army announced on Tuesday, ending a more than 40-year identification system. The tags will instead display the 10-digit Defense Department identification number currently included on Pentagon ID cards, and will be issued to solders on an as-needed basis, with those deploying getting priority, service officials said in a press release. For more details, see this Military.com article.